Tip #45 Turn off your laptop WiFi if you stow it in your car

This just came in via email: Seems that in Jamaica, a large number of laptops are being stolen out of cars by thieves using cheap wifi finder fobs. It works like this.. The go to malls, or other places that business people may do a quick dash into to get something.. But not TOO fast. The hope is you had your laptop on within the last 30 min and simply closed the lid. If this is the case, you wifi is still on, and even though you hide the laptop from sight, they can find it using a wifi fob. The big win is finding a Corp laptop because not only can they sell the hardware, there could be good data on there to sell also.

This would apply to iphones, androids, well any smart phone really; however I can not see people leaving their phones in car. But in your purse while your back is turned? Perhaps.

I have not heard much about this in the US or UK yet, but just a matter of time I would think, so as a matter of good habit, ANYTIME you take your laptop out of the office or the house, make sure that closing the lid puts the machine in to hibernation (and you have wifi set to off during hibernation). That or try to remember to turn wifi off even if you are leaving the laptop in the car for ‘just a bit’.

Other Stories

ok, I need to cross check these cheat codes I got off the web, but I’m going to place them here and then check up on them keep or remove each cheat code as I verify them. BTW, there are not cheats as much as they are steam mods. In the main menu section click… Read More

What appears to be a rare iPhone 6 prototype is currently up for auction on eBay after Apple mistakenly sent it out, a customer claims. According to one eBay seller, Apple accidentally sent her an early version of the 6 upon renewing her contract; so far, there are 166 bids on kimberlyk1018 ‘s product. The… Read More

Apple says today’s remote control is outdated. With that in mind, Apple laid out in a patent application published Thursday a new kind of digital remote control for its Apple TV set-top box that uses icons and pictures, similar to those graphic interfaces on TV, but shrunken down and customized for a smartphone or tablet… Read More